1 Timothy 3:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. ”

1 Timothy 3:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For they that have used the office of a deacon well - Margin, “ministered.” The Greek word is the same as deacon, meaning ministering, or serving in this office. The sense would be well expressed...
1 Timothy 3:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good (g) degree, and (h) great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. (g) Honour and estimation. (h) Bold and a...
1 Timothy 3:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Deacons and Deaconesses. Certain moral qualities, likewise, are required in deacons. They must be serious, sincere in speech, free from love of wine and (since they administer church funds) from lo...
1 Timothy 3:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

have. Omit. purchase. Greek. peripoieoleai . See Acts 20:28 . degree . Greek. bathmos . Only here. boldness. Greek. parrhesia . Trnnsl. "freely", in Acts 2:29 . Christ Jesus . App-98...
1 Timothy 3:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13 . For they who have served well Owing to a practice which came into use one or two centuries after the death of the apostles, of choosing presbyters from the order of deacons, this passage...
1 Timothy 3:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. That have used the office of a deacon well - They w...
1 Timothy 3:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Purchase to themselves a good degree,— Acquire for themselves an honourable degree, [that of presbyter or bishop,] and great assurance in preaching the Christian faith. See Heylin. The apostle...
1 Timothy 3:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. Purchase to themselves a good degree, х b...
1 Timothy 3:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Concerning the Officers of the Church 1-7. The fourth charge to Timothy, in respect to presbyters.
1 Timothy 3:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For they that have used the office of a deacon well. — Better rendered, for they that have served well as deacons. It was with good reason that the Apostle laid great stress on the many and varie...
1 Timothy 3:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Qualifications of Church Officials 1 Timothy 3:8-16 Younger men, referred to as deacons, were appointed to subordinate tasks, especially the relief of the poor, Acts 6:1-15 . Though their serv...
1 Timothy 3:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Turning to the government of the Church, the apostle deals with two orders, bishops and deacons. The bishop is an overseer, whose duty it is to watch over the flock. The apostle describes the qualifi...
1 Timothy 3:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. (2) A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given...
1 Timothy 3:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For they that have used the office of a deacon well ,.... With diligence and faithfulness, with simplicity and cheerfulness; taking good care of the minister and poor, and of the discipline of God's...
1 Timothy 3:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. Ver. 13. A good degree ] Or a fair step to a hi...
1 Timothy 3:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let the deacons As well as the bishops; be husbands of one wife That is, such as have shown their temperance by avoiding polygamy and causeless divorce; (see on 1 Timothy 3:2 ;) ruling their ch...
1 Timothy 3:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

If before we have seen personal conduct that is to be consistent with assembly character, this chapter, while dealing with personal character still, connects it directly with the order of the assembl...
1 Timothy 3:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Qualifications of Deacons. A. D. 64. 8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubleton...
1 Timothy 3:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; Purchase to themselves a good degree; a good degree of honour, so that none hath reason to decline or to despise that office. This seems rather to be the sense, than what pleaseth some bet...
1 Timothy 3:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 1 Timothy 3:8 . Deacons. —Originally dispensers of the Church’s bounty, they came to be regarded as the subordinates of the presbyters. Not greedy. —Like the firs...
1 Timothy 3:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Timothy 3:13 The Good Degree. I. In what consists the good degree? It consists in a higher state of spiritual life a stronger faith, a higher hope, a more entrancing and captivating love; in sh...
1 Timothy 3:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Timothy 3:1 . This is a true saying, an indubitable word, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work, a laudable sphere of labour and usefulness. But by the idea of a prim...
1 Timothy 3:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Likewise must the deacons be grave. The ideal deacon I. Deacons should be of noble character ( 1 Timothy 3:8 ). 1. They were to be grave-- i.e. , of serious deportment--not sharing in the fo...
1 Timothy 3:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Timothy 3:1 Faithful is the saying for this is a true saying , A.V.; seeketh for desire , A.V. Faithful is the saying (see above, 1 Timothy 1:15 , note). This mani...
1 Timothy 3:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Office of Deacons.
1 Timothy 3:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 16:15 ; 1 Peter 4:10 ; 1 Peter 4:11 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:2 ; 2 Timothy 2:1 ; Acts 21:35 ; Acts 6:15 ; Acts 6:5 ; Acts 6:8 ; Acts 7:1 ; Hebrews 6:10 ; Luke 16:10-12 ; Luke 19...
1 Timothy 3:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They purchase a good degree — Or step, toward some higher office. And much boldness — From the testimony of a good conscience.

1 Timothy 3:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Timothy 3:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Timothy 3:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Timothy 3:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Timothy 3:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Timothy 3:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Timothy 3:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Timothy 3:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Timothy 3:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Timothy 3:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Timothy 3:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Timothy 3:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Timothy 3:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Timothy 3:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Timothy 3:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Timothy 3:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Timothy 3:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Timothy 3:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Timothy 3:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Timothy 3:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Timothy 3:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Timothy 3:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Timothy 3:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Timothy 3:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Timothy 3:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Timothy 3:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 3:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes